William chester phelps



(No Model.)

W. O. PHELPS.

' MUGILAGE BRUSH SGRAPER. No. 438,090. Patented July 29, 1890.

mvamioc UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CHESTER PHELPS, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO S. M.

BIXBY d: 00., OF SAME PLACE.

MUClLAGE-BRUSH SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,090, dated. July 29, 1890.

Application filed March 15, 1890. Serial No. 343,97'7J (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known ihat I, WILLIAM CHESTER PHELPS, a citizen of the United States, rcsiding in the city and county of New York, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brush-Scrapers for Mucilage and other Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a detachable brush-scraper placed at the base of the throat of mucilage, glue, or other hottles, whereby to clean the brush of superfinous gum at a point where it will not fill up the mouth of the bottle.

The device may be attached to any ordinary short-necked bottle, and is held in position in the manner hereinafter described.

The device, as shown by the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, consists of a Wire or piece of metal, shaped like a figure 2, the lower or horizontal bar of which extends across the diameter of the throat of the bottle and forms the brush-scraper.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the brush-scraper when placed in position in the bottle for use, and Fig. 2 shows the same when detached.

The end of the wire from a to b, which serves to clean the brush, engages or bears against the interior roof of the bottle, passes up through the throat of the neck, and is hooked over the mouth and down the side to c, forming a pressure-spring which holds it firmly in position. The wire or metal which passes through the throat of the neck is flattened or shaped so as to avoid interference with the cork, which maybe the more readily inserted after the device has been placed in VILLTAM CHESTER PHELPS.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY REDFIELD, C. D. BOARDMAN. 

